From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 23 14:42:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA07256 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 14:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from numachi.numachi.com (numachi.numachi.com [198.175.254.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA07247 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 14:42:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from reichert@localhost) by numachi.numachi.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA05538; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 17:42:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19970923174222.00473@numachi.com> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 17:42:22 -0400 From: Brian Reichert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: serial console: CPU reset? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I recently saw someone assert on an ISP mailing list: > There are *NO* PC based UNIXes that allow the CPU to be reset via a serial > connection because the machines simply do not have this ability. Seems a fair concern: I haven't been picking on FreeBSD boxes via a serial console, and I was condering if he was correct... If he is, how 'close' can one get to this capability? -- Brian Reichert reichert@numachi.com 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path